Space storms could cause mass blackouts and destroy computers, gov't agency warns [FOX News]
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(David Hardy) Huge solar storms could cause electricity blackouts, destroy computers and bring down the internet and all communications, a study has found. The Met Office has told UK ministers a flare up of the kind that has hit Earth two or three times in 200 years would cost the country £16bn in catastrophic damage. Such flares generate intense magnetic fields over Earth which in a flash could burn out delicate electronics and even set them on fire, The Sunday Times reports . CLICK ON THE SUN FOR MORE Britain risks being crippled by huge electrical disturbances caused by storms in space unless a satellite network is built that can detect them coming. The Met Office study said: We find that for a one-in-100-year event, with no space weather forecasting capability, the gross domestic product loss to the United Kingdom could be as high as £15.9bn. With existing satellites nearing the end of their life, forecasting capability will decrease in coming year
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